Trump's Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Work Permits in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, even as his administration was creating barriers for other businesses attempting to do the identical, an analysis released Thursday stated.
According to data from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization sought to hire at least nearly 200 foreign workers in the coming year for short-term roles at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, golf facilities and his Virginia winery.
The quantity of applications for temporary work visas for staff including servers, clerks, housekeepers, culinary employees and agricultural laborers was the highest ever submitted by the organization, and increased from over 120 in the previous term, when his presidency concluded.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had attempted to hire over a hundred overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, based on available data.
The disclosure coincides with a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on H1-B visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the millions of people who possess US visas; and restrictive new rules for international scholars and journalists.
In total, the business aimed to hire 566 foreign laborers over the period Trump has been in the White House, from 2017 to 2021 and during 2025.
Significantly, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the necessity for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “specific talents” to occupy certain positions.
“You cannot just say a country is entering, going to invest $10bn to construct a plant, and going to take people off an jobless roster who haven’t worked in years, and they’re going to start producing their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he stated to a host after she suggested that overseas employees undercut the pay of American employees.
The White House declined a request for response, and the business did not immediately respond to an request for information.
